In times of geocultural subalternization of knowledge and education, English language teaching (ELT) is torn between subalternizing policies and subjectivating practices. Within this context, ELT teacher educators face policies and discourses aimed at framing their teaching practices, professional lives, and research agendas. However, at the same time, they are expected to engage in practices and processes that allow for personal adaptation and social change. Amid this ambivalence, this reflection paper makes a call to decolonize ELT in Colombia. To this effect, this paper reviews some basic epistemological perspectives such as colonialism and decolonial studies. Then, it proposes the decolonization of ELT, along with a grammar of decoloniality based on discursive alternatives about power, knowledge, and being with the potential of bringing about a transformative teacher subjectivation. The main conclusion is that the Colombian ELT community needs to first deconstruct dominant structures and strategies that enact epistemic and cultural dominance of the global north, and then construct alternative discourses and practices that acknowledge and disseminate the singularities of its knowledge and culture.
La naturaleza y el alcance de las lenguas extranjeras (LE) han cambiado en los últimos años en la sociedad y en el sistema educativo. Estos cambios, tanto en la realidad cotidiana como en el conocimiento científico, obligan a un replanteamiento de las prácticas educativas en lo referente a la formación docente en LE. Este artículo ofrece una revisión teórica sobre la multidimensionalidad, complejidad y dinamismo de la formación docente en LE, estableciendo perspectivas, modelos y políticas. Inicialmente se hace un acercamiento al concepto de docente de lenguas, especificando las particularidades del docente de LE. Luego se hace una aproximación a la formación docente, precisando posiciones teóricas y metodológicas a la formación en LE. Finalmente, se aboga por la necesidad de revisar el desarrollo profesional de los profesores de LE desde el marco de su empoderamiento docente.
. Nuevos discursos en la formación docente en lengua materna y extranjera en Colombia. Educ. Educ., 19(1), 46-64. DOI: 10.5294/edu.2016.19.1.3 Nuevos discursos en la formación docente en lengua materna y extranjera en Colombia
Keywords
Teacher training; mother tongue; foreign language; educational innovation; educational program development (Source: Unesco Thesaurus).
48ISSN 0123-1294 | Educ.Educ. Vol. 19. No. 1 | Enero-Abril de 2016 | pp. 46-64.
Universidad de La Sabana | Facultad de EducaciónNovos discursos na formação docente em língua materna e estrangeira na Colômbia
Palavras-chaveFormação de docentes; língua materna; língua estrangeira; inovação educacional; elaboração do programa educativo (Fonte: Tesauro da Unesco).
49Nuevos discursos en la formación docente en lengua materna y extranjera en Colombia
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